HI - Help Character

This Natural profile parameter defines the character which is to be used to invoke a field-specific helproutine or a map helproutine (if defined for a given map).

Possible settings any special character The character which is to be used to invoke a field-specific helproutine or a map helproutine.

Note:
The character specified with the HI parameter must not be the same as the one specified with the CF (control character for mainframe terminal commands) parameter. In addition, we recommend that this character is not the same as the one specified with the DC (decimal character), IA (input assign character) or ID (input delimiter character) parameter.

blank

Notes:

  1. Numeric fields which have a helproutine assigned are internally translated to alphanumeric format so as to make it possible for the user to enter a question mark into the field to invoke the helproutine.
  2. To prevent this internal translation (that is, if you wish to make sure that alphabetical characters cannot be entered into a numeric field) you can set the profile parameter HI to blank.
  3. When HI=' ' is set, a help key must be defined in the Natural application, using the SETKEY statement correspondingly; otherwise it is not possible to invoke a helproutine for any field.
Default setting ? Question mark.
Dynamic specification yes  
Specification within session no  
Application programming interface USR0350N See SYSEXT - Natural Application Programming Interfaces in the Utilities documentation.